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4 G. G. COLEMAN.

GANH PLANTING MACHINE. No. 279,709. Patgnted June 19,1883.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT Fries.

, CHARLES o. COLEMAN, or HONOLULU, Hawaiian IsLANns.

CANE-PLANTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No. 279,7), dated June 19, 1883.

Application filed August 3, 15582. (No model.)

To all who/w it may concern..-

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. COLEMAN, of Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, have in vented a new and Improved Cane-Planting Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a furrow-opening plow, seed-cane-dropping mechanism, and covering-plows or scrapers, arranged 011 a truck for being drawn along the ground for planting the seed-cane, the said plow and dropping and covering mechanisms being contrived and arranged for joint operation and for regulating and adjusting, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in'both the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved cane-planting machine, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

A represents a large furrowing-plow, which I provide with a short beam, 1), by which I suspend the plow from the frame a of a truck by the crooked lever (7., pivoted to the frame 0 at e, and pivoted to the front end of the beam at f, and by the hanger-bar g, pivot-ed to the rear end of the beam. The .lever d has a toothed section, 71, circumferential to its fulcrum e, and geared with the pinion i of a handwheel, j, for raising and lowering the point of the plow. Said section h. is also toothed on the back for being set high or low by the lever k, and a stop, I, on it, which swings in and out of the notches to set the lever d, as desired. The hanger-bar g is also toothed and geared with the, pinion m of another hand-whee], a,

v for raising and lowering the rearof the plow.

' for running above the ground, in the most ready manner. Behind the furrowingplow a seed-cane-dropping cylinder, q, is located, said cylinder being armed with teeth or brushes 1,

and geared with one of the truck wheels by a belt, 8, and pulleys, to be rotated in front of the table t for picking or brushing ofi the pieces of seed-cane, placed thereon by anattendant, into a spout, a, in which the pieces of cane are caused to turn lengthwise to the spout by the shape and dimensions of it, and are discharged in that way into the furrow opened by plow A, to be covered by the scrapers 2.0, which may consist of plows, as here shown, rotary brushes or scrapers, or other approved devices for plowing, scraping, raking, brushing, or otherwise returning the earth into the furrow and cover ing the cane. In this case Ihave arranged the stocks x of these plows with teeth 1 gearing with pinions z on a shaft provided with a handwheel, a, for raising and lowering them, the

said hand-wheel or pinions to be provided with any approved stop device to lock and hold the plows as required.

1) represents a platform, mounted on the rear end of the frame, for carrying the supply of seed-cane from which to replenish the table from time to time as the brush takes it away.

0 represents the drivers seat, suitably arranged to enable him to attend to the furrowing-plow, while another attendant, standing on platform I), will attend to the rear plows and supply the seed to the dropper. Platform b may be raised up to the level of feed-table 2, another, place being provided for the attendant to stand on.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a furrowingplow,

seed-cane-dropping cylinder or drum armed with points or brushes, seed-tab1e, and coverplows, the said elements being organized in a machine, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a furrowing-plow, A, seed-cane-dropping cylinder or drum q, armed with points or brushes 1", inclined slotted seedtablet, platform I), and covering-plows '10, substanti ally as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the furrowing-plow A, suspended from the truck-frame by the short beam 1), of the lever d, curved at both ends, toothed at its upper end, and pivoted to the truck-frame e and to the. front end of the beam at f, toothed hanger g, pivoted to the rear end of the beam, and handwheels j 11. carrying pinions, substantially as described, whereby both ends of the plow can be raised and lowered simultaneously, as set forth.

4. The plow-suspending lever d, pivoted to the front end of the truck-frame at 6, connected to beam I at f, and having the circumferential toothed section 71 in combination with a pin ion, handwheel, and stop device, substantially as described.

5. The combination of feed-table 1, toothed roller q, and spent a with a furrow-opening plow, A, substantially as described.

6. The combination of -,feed-tab1e 2, toothed 15' roller q, and spent 'It with covering-plows or scrapers 10, substantially as described.

7 In a seed-cane-pl anting machine, the combination, with the furrowing-plow A and toothed roller q, of the inclined slotted table 2, 2o spent it, and platform I), substantially as de scribed, and for the purpose set Forth.

CHARLES CORSON COLEMAN.

lVitnesses:

l; L. CLARKE,

G. H. BRTCKWOOD. 

